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Call of Duty 5 has recently been confirmed by Activision Blizzard, shortly after the company merger. But there has still been no word on who will develop it. There have been several rumors that Infinity Ward, who developed the latest game in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty 4, will NOT be developing the next installment, if so, chances are that it will go to Treyarch, who developed Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty 3. If Call of Duty 5 does go to Treyarch chances are that the game will be restricted to consoles only, seeing that Treyarch is traditionally a console-only developer.

According to Gameplayer, Activision has said they plan on releasing a Call of Duty game each year -- basically one developer will certainly not be enough since Infinity Ward generally takes two years to develop each game. (This is what happened with Call of Duty 3 and Treyarch)

The Call of Duty franchise was initially a PC-only game. With the release of Call of Duty 2, PC gamers were outraged only to learn that Infinity Ward had simply ported the console version to the PC. Call of Duty 3, the console exclusive, was developed by Treyarch as well it's predecessor Call of Duty 2: Big Red One for the original xbox and ps2. Call of Duty 4 was developed and released (November 6th, 2007) by Infinity Ward for all platforms.



Brief History of Call of Duty:
Call of Duty: Infinity Ward (PC)
Call of Duty: United Offensive -- Gray Matter Interactive, now known as Treyarch (PC)
Call of Duty 2: Infinity Ward (PC, Consoles)
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One -- Treyarch (Consoles)
Call of Duty 3: Treyarch (Consoles)
Call of Duty 4: Infinity Ward (PC, consoles)
Call of Duty 5: ???


* This isn't official! (Or at least I hope not!) But I've made this post based off of credible gaming site articles and patterns among previous releases of Call of Duty.

Sources:
http://www.gameplayer.com.au/Home/NEWS/ ... 999484acf2
http://kotaku.com/gaming/omg-sequels/me ... 329114.php
http://news.filefront.com/infinity-ward ... of-duty-5/
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Dude have you finished playing Call of Duty 4? I am still stuck in it and can’t even think of another part yet. But I didn’t like the 4th one as much as the previous three. The whole theme is changed.

Why are you worried about Call of Duty 5 yet? Have you finished playing Call of Duty 4? I am sure they would launch COD 5 on PC too.

If they wont release it in PC i know many COD fans will be upset, Some gamer prefer o play this games in PC game platform and not on consoles, they might be doing this to Raise the sales on console games like 360 and PS.

Is that because CoD4 is NOT a World War II game? I saw the trailer for it somewhere and that's the impression I got from it.

A war game but not mainly a WW2 game type like most war games are based all around. That is why it appeals to the public because of its unique and exciting content.

I don't mind if the PC misses out on COD5, but at least make an expansion pack for COD4 - the single player campaign was amazing but painfully short.

I would agree i expansion pack would get everything going even if we misses out the COD 5 in our beloved pc game platform. Pc for me is the best game platform to play this types of games.